| 11 Mar 2024 |
|  Fritz Otlinghaus joined the room. | 09:13:12 |
 @theophane:hufschmitt.net | Open board meeting on March 20. Feel free to come, ask any question or help moving forward the foundation-related work items. | 10:04:14 |
 MangoIV | 5 am CEST? poor Europeans 🥲 | 10:49:37 |
| MangoIV | Would’ve liked to attend. | 10:49:55 |
 Shalok Shalom | Guess there is a recording | 10:50:53 |
| @theophane:hufschmitt.net | In reply to @mangoiv.:matrix.org
5 am CEST? poor Europeans 🥲 Urgh no, that's 5PM 😬
I've fixed that in the post, thanks | 10:52:35 |
| MangoIV | ❤️ | 10:53:18 |
 @joepie91:pixie.town | can the Foundation clarify what the current relationships with Anduril are, if any? | 19:01:57 |
| @joepie91:pixie.town | (this question includes anything regarding NixCon, which presumably is also a Foundation thing) | 19:03:24 |
| Shalok Shalom | In reply to @joepie91:pixie.town
can the Foundation clarify what the current relationships with Anduril are, if any? As far as I know, did we accept another round of funding by them | 19:42:19 |
| Shalok Shalom | Redacted or Malformed Event | 19:42:52 |
| Shalok Shalom | You find a bit of information starting with that message ^ | 19:43:12 |
| Shalok Shalom | In reply to @mangoiv.:matrix.org
Hey guys! Seeing that Anduril is once again sponsor of a NixOS foundation event, I would like to know where and how the decision to accept sponsorship of „these kinds of companies“ have been made. For NixCon 2023 I remember there to have been quite the debate and the foundation promised to work out guidelines for such situations, so I would like to know where and how this has been conducted and what results have been achieved. Thanks in advance! :) . | 19:43:27 |
| Shalok Shalom | * You find a bit of information starting with that message: | 19:43:46 |
| @joepie91:pixie.town | right - my question is a bit broader than just nixcon, and I'm also mainly looking for an answer from the Foundation itself | 19:45:13 |
| @theophane:hufschmitt.net | In reply to @joepie91:pixie.town
can the Foundation clarify what the current relationships with Anduril are, if any? Anduril is a sponsor of NixCon, and they donate to the documentation project on OpenCollective | 19:47:03 |
 raitobezarius | NixCon NA to be precise | 19:47:30 |
| @joepie91:pixie.town | In reply to @theophane:hufschmitt.net
Anduril is a sponsor of NixCon, and they donate to the documentation project on OpenCollective thanks. and that's the full extent of the relationships? | 20:04:19 |
| @theophane:hufschmitt.net | Yes | 20:06:44 |
| @joepie91:pixie.town | alright, thanks for the clarification | 20:07:13 |
| MangoIV | Has there been a protocol somewhere about why Anduril has been decided to comply with the interim sponsorship policy? | 20:36:24 |
| MangoIV | It’s not entirely clear to me. | 20:36:31 |
 mei 🌒& | I think the best we have is https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-foundation-board-meeting-minutes-2024-01-02-2024-02-03/39994#h-2024-02-03-foundation-board-in-person-fosdem-21 | 20:38:15 |
| MangoIV | I have seen this. Thank you :) it doesn’t answer my question that’s why I wondered whether there would be more information. | 20:39:11 |
 tomberek | I can help answer in DM or in this thread, as you wish. The closest thing to a codified policy is the discussion in matrix, followed by the resulting sponsorship policy proposal. I can also walk through the sequence of events. | 20:39:29 |
| MangoIV | Thank you I think the proposal is great, I just wonder how it has been decided that Anduril fulfils the requirements. | 20:41:06 |
| mei 🌒& | tomberek: Publicly please. | 20:47:32 |
 patka | There is not really much to oppose or question from my side. I just very much disagree with taking such a sponsor. So all I can do is remove donations to the Nix foundation | 20:48:57 |
| Shalok Shalom | In reply to @patka_123:matrix.org
There is not really much to oppose or question from my side. I just very much disagree with taking such a sponsor. So all I can do is remove donations to the Nix foundation I understand not liking, and not wanting to support such a company. | 20:51:48 |
| Shalok Shalom | Do you think, taking their money plays into that or is it purely a principle, to distance yourself so far as possible from them? | 20:52:22 |
